Pioneer in Next Generation Advanced Visualization to Showcase New Technology at Leading Cardiovascular Conference.

Intrinsic Medical Imaging (IMI), a pioneer in next generation high performance advanced medical imaging software, today announced the introduction of its patented Matrix Volumetric Analytics™ Software for advanced anatomical interrogation which will be showcased at the annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference being held October 23-26, 2012 in Miami. The technology will enable assessment of vascular and heart structure pre- and post-surgery for a wide variety of procedures.
“With the explosion of minimally invasive surgical innovations for both vascular and structural heart disease, a critical need exists for enhancements of standard three-dimensional anatomic visualizations derived from existing CT volumetric images. This capability will assist in improved pre-procedure patient selection, accurate device placement and sizing, and post-surgical response to these evolving techniques,” says Evan Appelbaum, MD, FACC, cardiovascular imaging expert and assistant professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School. “IMI’s Matrix Volumetric Analytics uniquely affords the user seamless fluidity of movement and thorough investigation of complex anatomy. IMI’s ability to rapidly assess the spatial relationship of devices to adjacent anatomy on the fly should ensure superior diagnostic confidence, improving outcomes for this emerging market’s patient population.”
Intrinsic Medical Imaging is the developer of FDA-cleared Matrix Volumetric Analytics software, which provides clinicians with unprecedented visualization, interrogation, and quantification of complex anatomical structures data generated by standard computed tomography scanners. IMI’s patented revolutionary image-rendering techniques deliver non-compressed, full-fidelity anatomical tools, allowing true virtual x, y, and z axis visual exploration and quantification in every dimension. Further, while minimizing device artifacts, Matrix Volumetric Analytics allows novel clinical assessment of complex and tortuous anatomical structures, enabling unbridled examination of even the most obscured pre- and post-surgical anatomy.
IMI’s Matrix Volumetric Analytics places the practitioner directly within the complex anatomical structure, creating a ‘on-demand’ virtual bird’s-eye view of all surrounding anatomy.
Although the ability to make 2D measurements will be standard, the unique visual interrogation and appreciation of complex and tortuous anatomy, surgical structures, stents and other implanted devices within complex three-dimensional vascular and cardiac environments is finally a reality. Aortic dissections, EVAR and TAVR procedures, among other structural heart device applications, require precise measurement and visual exploration throughout the entire “X, Y, and Z” imaging planes. IMI’s Matrix Volumetric Analytics provides freedom of movement throughout the human anatomy, allowing a full 360-degree field of volumetric examination by the clinical team responsible for patient outcomes.
“As the evolution of minimally invasive vascular and cardiac surgery accelerates, so must the accompanying critical visualization and quantification tools,” said Jorey Chernett, president and CEO of Intrinsic. “Matrix Volumetric Analytics now delivers this precise comprehensive analytic tool set directly into the clinicians’ hands. True “Z” axis visual examination and quantification, device blooming suppression, and 3D anatomic characterization facilitate improved procedural planning, success and ultimately patient outcome.”
Future innovations in areas such as pulmonary medicine for the assessment of COPD and emphysema, orthopedic precision implantation, and oncologic longitudinal tumor density tracking are all natural progressions for IMI’s unique algorithmic applications.
“In addition, future application for Intrinsic’s platform will include pulmonary, oncologic, and complex orthopedic anatomical procedures,” said Chernett, “We look forward to working with our outstanding clinical partners to evolve this exciting new technology into these and a wide variety of other applications.”

About Intrinsic Medical Imaging
Intrinsic Medical Imaging, based in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, is a medical software company focused on the commercialization of novel high performance rendering techniques. The IMI Spectrum workstation built around IMI’s Matrix Volumetric Analytics advanced imaging software is an imaging system that enables the real-time processing, review and analysis of volumetric data generated by standard computed tomography scanners. For more information, visit http://www.intrinsic-mi.com.
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